GoodAreasShane
Cricketer Of The Year
Absolutely, 10for in a losing team an impressive effort
Robin Smith had a good game too
Robin Smith had a good game too
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ICC Sim League XI
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Plus Gooch played for Western Province while he was banned from Tests.
ataraxia
International Coach
1) Mark Greatbatch
2) Grant Bradburn
3) Stephen Fleming*
4) Martin Crowe
5) Andrew Jones
6) Ken Rutherford
7) Chris Cairns
8) Adam Parore +
9) Dion Nash
10) Simon Doull
11) Danny Morrison
Going to do a bit of an experiment at the top of the order.
weeman27bob
International Vice-Captain
Is this what being a fan of England in the 90s was like?
cnerd123
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The Angry Zimbabwe Cricket Nerd Blog
10th Jan 1995
The ZCB recently announced their 15-man squad for the upcoming WTC.
The only word fit to describe it is 'travesty'
Young stud Bryan Strang, who has had an amazing first season across all formats, and veteran Eddo Brandes were left out to make way for young Black speedster Henry Olonga and some random English club cricketer called Charlie Lock.
Our depth in pace bowling was always going to be our competitive edge, especially with the mandatory rotation policy in place, but we have gone and shot ourselves in the foot by picking two debutants at the start of the most important series of Test Matches in our history.
Granted it's a short history, but nevertheless these are important games, moreso than ordinary Tests, and I cannot believe we've left out two of our best quick bowlers for it. The ROW XI has already snapped up the Chicken Farmer, who took 13 wickets against Pakistan in his last Test series. No doubt he's going to be bowling heat when he comes up against our boys!
And who have we picked in their place? 18 year old Henry Olonga, who has a bit of pace but not too many wickets. Not only that, but this kid is from Kenya and also has a dodgy action. ZCB went out of their way to mention that he would be the first ever Black Test cricketer in Zimbabwean history if he plays. Their motives for selecting him couldn't have been clearer. Rushing a young prospect into the top level just to gain political points.
And what about Charlie Lock? The last time he played cricket for Zimbabwe was in 1989! They have literally plucked this bloke out of English club cricket to represent the nation he doesn't even live in anymore? And why? Because he 'impressed the coaches' in the selection training camp. What a ****ing joke. I thought we had moved on past such cronyism in Zimbabwean cricket, but I guess not.
Lock and Olonga are not the only troublesome picks. Ujesh Ranchod -who took a solitary wicket on his Test debut in 1993, albeit that of Sachin Tendulkar- has been picked as second spinner to Paul Strang. What has he done since that game to merit selection ahead of Stephen Peall? He's taken 16 wickets at 60 runs a piece in FC cricket since that Test, while Peall has 35 wickets at 42 in the same time frame. I'm not saying a FC bowling average of 42 is good, but surely it's better than 60???
Bowling is the most important part of Test cricket and we won't be taking 20 wickets a game with this attack. It's a ****ing disgrace.
Batting wise the team picks itself, so no surprises there, but Glen Bruk-Jackson's continued mishandling and omission from the side remains an issue. Craig 'Wishful Thinking' Wishart has a fraction of the potential but continues to get gigs. Hopefully he spends most of the WTC running drinks, and lets the real batters get to work.
10th Jan 1995
Zimbabwe's WTC Squad is a joke!
The ZCB recently announced their 15-man squad for the upcoming WTC.
The only word fit to describe it is 'travesty'
Young stud Bryan Strang, who has had an amazing first season across all formats, and veteran Eddo Brandes were left out to make way for young Black speedster Henry Olonga and some random English club cricketer called Charlie Lock.
Our depth in pace bowling was always going to be our competitive edge, especially with the mandatory rotation policy in place, but we have gone and shot ourselves in the foot by picking two debutants at the start of the most important series of Test Matches in our history.
Granted it's a short history, but nevertheless these are important games, moreso than ordinary Tests, and I cannot believe we've left out two of our best quick bowlers for it. The ROW XI has already snapped up the Chicken Farmer, who took 13 wickets against Pakistan in his last Test series. No doubt he's going to be bowling heat when he comes up against our boys!
And who have we picked in their place? 18 year old Henry Olonga, who has a bit of pace but not too many wickets. Not only that, but this kid is from Kenya and also has a dodgy action. ZCB went out of their way to mention that he would be the first ever Black Test cricketer in Zimbabwean history if he plays. Their motives for selecting him couldn't have been clearer. Rushing a young prospect into the top level just to gain political points.
And what about Charlie Lock? The last time he played cricket for Zimbabwe was in 1989! They have literally plucked this bloke out of English club cricket to represent the nation he doesn't even live in anymore? And why? Because he 'impressed the coaches' in the selection training camp. What a ****ing joke. I thought we had moved on past such cronyism in Zimbabwean cricket, but I guess not.
Lock and Olonga are not the only troublesome picks. Ujesh Ranchod -who took a solitary wicket on his Test debut in 1993, albeit that of Sachin Tendulkar- has been picked as second spinner to Paul Strang. What has he done since that game to merit selection ahead of Stephen Peall? He's taken 16 wickets at 60 runs a piece in FC cricket since that Test, while Peall has 35 wickets at 42 in the same time frame. I'm not saying a FC bowling average of 42 is good, but surely it's better than 60???
Bowling is the most important part of Test cricket and we won't be taking 20 wickets a game with this attack. It's a ****ing disgrace.
Batting wise the team picks itself, so no surprises there, but Glen Bruk-Jackson's continued mishandling and omission from the side remains an issue. Craig 'Wishful Thinking' Wishart has a fraction of the potential but continues to get gigs. Hopefully he spends most of the WTC running drinks, and lets the real batters get to work.
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cnerd123
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Cricinfo 11th Jan 1995
The ZCB have announced Zimbabwe's playing XI for the first Test match vs the West Indies at Kensington Oval
In an interesting development, Wayne James has been selected as wicket-keeper, with Andy Flower set to play as a pure batsman. Team Manager Otobong Aakster mentioned in the press conference that this was to ease the burden on the star player and to allow him to focus on his batting and captaincy.
Controversial selection Charlie Lock will be making his Test debut, alongside Heath Streak and David Brain. Paul Strang will be the sole spinner, with Guy Whittall and Grant Flower offering some bowling support. While the batting order was not confirmed during the announcement, it seems as though Grant Flower will open the batting alongside Stuart Carlisle.
The pitch at Kensington Oval seems flat, with plenty of sunshine scheduled for the 5 days. The West Indies XI is yet to be announced.
Zimbabwe playing XI:
Stuart Carlisle
Grant Flower
Alastair Campbell
David Houghton
Andy Flower *
Guy Whittall
Wayne James +
Paul Strang
Heath Streak
Charlie Lock
David Brain
Zimbabwe announce playing XI for first WTC match!
Andy Flower relieved of keeping duties, Charlie Lock set to debut
Andy Flower relieved of keeping duties, Charlie Lock set to debut
The ZCB have announced Zimbabwe's playing XI for the first Test match vs the West Indies at Kensington Oval
In an interesting development, Wayne James has been selected as wicket-keeper, with Andy Flower set to play as a pure batsman. Team Manager Otobong Aakster mentioned in the press conference that this was to ease the burden on the star player and to allow him to focus on his batting and captaincy.
Controversial selection Charlie Lock will be making his Test debut, alongside Heath Streak and David Brain. Paul Strang will be the sole spinner, with Guy Whittall and Grant Flower offering some bowling support. While the batting order was not confirmed during the announcement, it seems as though Grant Flower will open the batting alongside Stuart Carlisle.
The pitch at Kensington Oval seems flat, with plenty of sunshine scheduled for the 5 days. The West Indies XI is yet to be announced.
Zimbabwe playing XI:
Stuart Carlisle
Grant Flower
Alastair Campbell
David Houghton
Andy Flower *
Guy Whittall
Wayne James +
Paul Strang
Heath Streak
Charlie Lock
David Brain
GoodAreasShane
Cricketer Of The Year
Rubber Mbava, is that you?
jimmy101
Cricketer Of The Year
Can you guys please confirm your respective skippers? Morgs, I'm gonna assume Taylor is your skip for R1.
morgieb
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jimmy101
Cricketer Of The Year
I'm planning on using the original backdrops from old-school ICC by exporting the scorecards from CC 2018 & pasting the text on top of the images. Thought it was a good idea since those photos were taken around about that time. Not all grounds were featured in the original game, so the most recent scorecard from P. Sara is one of a few custom-made backdrops that will feature.
Crawley
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
No info on balls faced, numbers of fours, sixes?
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Robin Smith tons up when there is no spinner in sight in the opposition. Of course. 
Indian Honest Hunks for game 1:
Manoj Prabhakar
Nayan Mongia (wk)
Sourav Ganguly
Sachin Tendulkar
Mohammed Azharuddin (c)
Vinod Kambli
Aashish Kapoor
Anil Kumble
Utpal Chatterjee
Javagal Srinath
Venkatesh Prasad
Indian Honest Hunks for game 1:
Manoj Prabhakar
Nayan Mongia (wk)
Sourav Ganguly
Sachin Tendulkar
Mohammed Azharuddin (c)
Vinod Kambli
Aashish Kapoor
Anil Kumble
Utpal Chatterjee
Javagal Srinath
Venkatesh Prasad
jimmy101
Cricketer Of The Year
No, but if there's an particular innings you are interested in hearing about some details just ask me & I can find out by looking at the save game file.
Edit: Still awaiting your starting XI for R1.
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